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Ailinglaplap Atoll
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>Captain Thomas Dennet of the British vessel <i>Britannia</i> sighted the atoll in 1797 on route from Australia to China and named it Lambert Island.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> The British merchant vessel <i><a href="/facts/Rolla_(1800_ship)/Nn2d9auF">Rolla</a></i> sighted several islands in the <a href="/facts/Ratak_Chain/GddV5dME">Ratak</a> and Ralik Chains. On 6 November 1803 she sighted islands at <a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ailinglaplap_Atoll¶ms=7_12_N_166_40_E_">7°12′N 166°40′E / 7.200°N 166.667°E / 7.200; 166.667</a>, which was possibly Ailinglaplap Atoll. The next day six canoes of friendly natives came off.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> <i>Rolla</i> had transported <a href="/facts/Convict/RFM0LGro">convicts</a> from Britain to <a href="/facts/New_South_Wales/aW7eJXSS">New South Wales</a> and was on her way to Canton to find a cargo to take back to Britain. </p><p>In 1885, the <a href="/facts/German_Empire/lwQutJyN">German Empire</a> claimed Ailinglaplap Atoll along with the rest of the Marshall Islands.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> A number of European trading stations were established on the islands to Ailingkaplap as part of the copra trade. After World War I, the island came under the <a href="/facts/South_Seas_Mandate/LmVftDlJ">South Seas Mandate</a> of the <a href="/facts/Empire_of_Japan/gMpNKg2W">Empire of Japan</a>. The base became part of the vast US <a href="/facts/Naval_Base_Marshall_Islands/s5VwG6Yj">Naval Base Marshall Islands</a>. Following the end of World War II, it came under the control of the United States as part of the <a href="/facts/Trust_Territory_of_the_Pacific_Islands/C4Fqc3CU">Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands</a> until the independence of the Marshall Islands in 1986. </p><p>There are currently 4 <a href="/facts/Iroijlaplap/8aWmsGSA">Iroijlaplap</a> (or paramount chief) of Ailinglaplap. </p> <h2 id="infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2> <p>There are 3 <a href="/facts/Airstrip/7KTfUuMc">airstrips</a> on the atoll, which are served by <a href="/facts/Air_Marshall_Islands/kpve5Qqr">Air Marshall Islands</a> when its aircraft are operational: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ailinglaplap_Airok_Airport/chMSyooq">Ailinglaplap Airok Airport</a> (<a href="/facts/IATA_airport_code/ogq7w5UQ">IATA</a>: AIC) is located to the south: <a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ailinglaplap_Atoll¶ms=7_16_45_N_168_49_32_E_type:airport">7°16′45″N 168°49′32″E / 7.27917°N 168.82556°E / 7.27917; 168.82556</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jeh_Airport/b8m78Vsr">Jeh Airport</a> (<a href="/facts/IATA_airport_code/ogq7w5UQ">IATA</a>: JEJ) is located to the northeast: <a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ailinglaplap_Atoll¶ms=7_33_54_N_168_57_42_E_type:airport">7°33′54″N 168°57′42″E / 7.56500°N 168.96167°E / 7.56500; 168.96167</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Woja_Airport/XU3L1dGB">Woja Airport</a> (<a href="/facts/IATA_airport_code/ogq7w5UQ">IATA</a>: WJA) is located to west: <a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ailinglaplap_Atoll¶ms=7_27_03_N_168_33_00_E_type:airport">7°27′03″N 168°33′00″E / 7.45083°N 168.55000°E / 7.45083; 168.55000</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="education">Education</h2> <p><a href="/facts/Marshall_Islands_Public_School_System/GdwrH6sX">Marshall Islands Public School System</a> operates public schools:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Aerok Ailinglaplap</li> <li>Buoj Elementary School</li> <li>Enewa Elementary School</li> <li>Jah Elementary School</li> <li>Jeh Elementary School</li> <li>Jobwon Elementary School</li> <li>Katiej Elementary School</li> <li>Mejel Elementary School</li> <li>Woja Elementary School</li></ul> <p>Students are zoned to <a href="/facts/Jaluit_High_School/2wGYBurH">Jaluit High School</a> in <a href="/facts/Jaluit_Atoll/UybS4Qso">Jaluit Atoll</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><p>In the 1994–1995 school year Ailinglaplap had one private high school.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/atolls/ailinglaplap.html">Marshall Islands site</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/marshall/ailinglaplap.php">"Entry at Oceandots.com"</a>. Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved July 22, 2010.</li></ul> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ailinglaplap Atoll. <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Marshallese-English Dictionary - Place Name Index <a href="http://www.trussel2.com/MOD/LocA.htm#Ael%C5%8D%C3%B1%E1%B8%B7ap%E1%B8%B7ap" target="_blank">http://www.trussel2.com/MOD/LocA.htm#Ael%C5%8D%C3%B1%E1%B8%B7ap%E1%B8%B7ap</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Republic of the Marshall Islands 2021 Census Report, Volume 1: Basic Tables and Administrative Report" (PDF). Pacific Community (SPC): Statistics for Development Division. Pacific Community. May 30, 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-09-27. Retrieved September 27, 2023. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230927183142/https://spccfpstore1.blob.core.windows.net/digitallibrary-docs/files/60/605c69d76a40195baa447b5a558b0e02.pdf?sv=2015-12-11&sr=b&sig=GbQ42ZYNKrH3g389jZn7DvHUO8ObwYrFpnxIeXiRSU0%3D&se=2024-03-25T18:07:37Z&sp=r&rscc=public,%20max-age%3D864000,%20max-stale%3D86400&rsct=application/pdf&rscd=inline%3B%20filename%3D%22Marshall_Islands_2021_Census_Vol1_Table_report.pdf%22" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20230927183142/https://spccfpstore1.blob.core.windows.net/digitallibrary-docs/files/60/605c69d76a40195baa447b5a558b0e02.pdf?sv=2015-12-11&sr=b&sig=GbQ42ZYNKrH3g389jZn7DvHUO8ObwYrFpnxIeXiRSU0%3D&se=2024-03-25T18:07:37Z&sp=r&rscc=public,%20max-age%3D864000,%20max-stale%3D86400&rsct=application/pdf&rscd=inline%3B%20filename%3D%22Marshall_Islands_2021_Census_Vol1_Table_report.pdf%22</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Sharp, Andrew (1962). The Discovery of the Pacific Islands (Second ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 177–8. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Foreign Ships in Micronesia: Marshalls - accessed 31 July 2015. <a href="http://www.micsem.org/pubs/articles/historical/forships/marshalls.htm" target="_blank">http://www.micsem.org/pubs/articles/historical/forships/marshalls.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Churchill, William (1920). "Germany's Lost Pacific Empire". Geographical Review. 10 (2): 84–90. Bibcode:1920GeoRv..10...84C. doi:10.2307/207706. JSTOR 207706. <a href="/wiki/William_Churchill_(ethnologist)" target="_blank">/wiki/William_Churchill_(ethnologist)</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Public Schools Archived 2018-02-21 at the Wayback Machine." Marshall Islands Public School System. Retrieved on February 21, 2018. <a href="http://pss.edu.mh/en/public-schools" target="_blank">http://pss.edu.mh/en/public-schools</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Annual Report 2011-2012 Archived 2018-02-22 at the Wayback Machine." Ministry of Education (Marshall Islands). Retrieved on February 22, 2018. p. 54 (PDF p. 55/118). "As such, Jaluit High School enroll students from the Ralik and Iolab school zones including schools from Ebon, Namdrik, Kili, Jaluit, Ailinglaplap, Jabat, and Namu." <a href="http://www.pss.edu.mh/files/PSSDocuments/Annual%20Reports/Annual%20Report%20MOE%202011-2012.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.pss.edu.mh/files/PSSDocuments/Annual%20Reports/Annual%20Report%20MOE%202011-2012.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>McMurray, Christine and Roy Smith. Diseases of Globalization: Socioeconomic Transition and Health. Routledge, October 11, 2013. ISBN 1134200226, 9781134200221. p. 127. <a href="/wiki/Routledge" target="_blank">/wiki/Routledge</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>